Look, I know what this looks like. The broken window. Me at the wheel of your expensive sports car. The panel ripped off the dash in an obvious attempt to hot wire the car. But let’s not jump to any conclusions.
Your intuition and better judgment might be telling you that I am stealing your car, but that is totally not what is going on here. You’ve got the wrong idea. This is just an amusing misunderstanding that we won’t tell my parole officer about, okay?
This list is dedicated to those movies which don’t seem to have any middle ground with audiences. They represent the films that split fans into factions, vehemently defending their love/hate positions on the movie or some issue within.
10: The Fountain: A metaphorical love story that takes place in three distinct time periods, Darren Aronofsky’s film has spurred a critical response that is notably divided (As seen in its almost perfectly symmetrical 51% split on Rotten Tomatoes). This piece of visual poetry seems to produce cheers of “this is a masterpiece” and equally shouts of, “this is a mess.”
My Opinion: I kind of love this movie.
9. The Blair Witch Project: Most comments about this movie are usually, “Blair Witch sucked” or “Blair Witch was scary as hell,” which testifies to its polarizing effect on audiences. Even though these responses might differ heavily depending on what demographic you ask (pre-teen girls find everything scary I’m told), Blair Witch still catalyzed controversy and debate, ultimately leading to an impressive box office run. But is it a good movie or a bad movie? I don’t know, is standing in the corner, facing a wall scary? Well, it can be. What are you doing to the wall? What kind of a wall is it?
My Opinion: Um…right, so why are you facing the wall again?
Continue reading ‘Top Ten Most Polarizing Movies (Movies That People Either Love or Hate):’
Although not everyone may be ready for the inauguration of the first black president, today we add some long overdue diversity to the position. What are we saying goodbye to? Well…
MLK day today, first black president inaugurated tomorrow.
Forward Progress.
(Warning: List May Contain Spoilers)
1. Tony Almeida Is Brought Back From The Dead On 24:
You can’t kill Tony. He comes from the rigid, icy plateau sometimes referred to as Chicago. And since he’s been thoroughly battle tested by the Midwest winters and appears on a show where decapitations are the only real way to know if a character is dead, it’s no real surprise that he showed up alive, even sporting a new haircut.
2. Pushing Daisies Is Canceled Because It’s A Good Show:
It wasn’t shocking that ABC canceled a show that was actually good, because the program featured things unfamiliar to television audiences like feelings, pretty colors and good writing.
Continue reading ‘The Ten Least Shocking Things In Movies And TV In The Last Year’
2009 brings new things to the site, like lists! Why add lists? Because they’re so easy to do. There are a few movies from last year that I feel I still have to see (Ballast, JCVD, Timecrimes, Blindsight, That One Movie Vin Diesel Was In) to make a proper list of 2008’s best, but for now, this is what I got. Remember, like everything on the internet, this is stupidly bias, highly subjective and thoroughly irrelevant. But please, continue reading. It is neatly numbered and has pictures.
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall – Vampire musical with puppets, Russell Brand, Kristen Bell, Paul Rudd, funny script. Everything seems to be in order.
9. The Orphanage – A truly affecting film once the credits role, this Spanish ghost story has a way of sticking with you. Not much else to say about it other than dressing your kids up for Halloween in the sackhead outfit from the movie would be, well, creepy.
Pants, long thought to be the only recession proof item of clothing a person could own, has been removed from the list of things protected from foreclosure related seizures and placed on the recession prone list.
A person’s clothing, known to be susceptible to recalls by debtors in times of economic hardship, especially noted in the popular phrase, “Lost the shirt off your back,” always had one exception to the rule, pants. Pants were always thought to be the item that would be safe when assets were being repossessed, but apparently that no longer holds true.
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